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KenR:
That's not his style of releasing software.-app103 (April 02, 2007, 10:12 AM)
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Glad to hear that! Thanks for letting us know that about him App103.

Ken

patteo:
I do use LinkStash and it is the best I've seen so far. The developer John is working on a major update now. I was planning to write a review on it and I will sometimes next week. I have also used netsnippets as a bookmark manager but its limited search was a turn-off. Powermarks was another one I liked a lot, but it looks like it is abadonware now.
-cnewtonne (March 29, 2007, 10:32 PM)
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I have been using Powermarks for many years now. I would not say that Powermarks is abandonware.

In fact, I could almost would call it almostperfectware, which may the reason you don't find that much development at all.

But the author did release minor updates. Also, when Firefox came along, the author initially had problems getting it to work with Firefox but he managed to solve the problem and quietly created an extension that works very well.

Powermarks 3.5 Beta
"This is an update for Firefox 2.0.0.X.  We had to make changes, since our last beta release that worked with Firefox 1.5, in order for the plug-in to work with this new version.

See their beta page extract below. Please don't be put off by the word beta. Gmail has been on beta forever now and it works without problem. Likewise for Powermarks 3.5 which you will notice is dated only 5 months ago in Nov 2006.

"Powermarks 3.5 Build 387 (11/8/2006 - 812 KB)"
http://www.kaylon.com/beta/index.html

This new version of Powermarks contains a Firefox toolbar that allows Powermarks to work seamlessly with this popular browser. A user can open links in the current tab or window, a new tab, or a new window.

The process of accessing Powermarks or adding bookmarks can be easily achieved by using the Firefox toolbar buttons."
http://www.kaylon.com/beta/index.html

It has served me very well all these years and I've look looking for something out there that could possibly be better. But I have yet to find anything better.

It works with IE7 and it works with Firefox 2.0.0.3 and its search is instantaneous (which is a real killer). Love it.

KenR:
On the other hand, see my cautionary note about Link Commander here.

patteo:
I understand your cautionary tale.

But then again, Link Commander is not necessarily like Powermarks.

In all the years I've used Powermarks, I have been very happy with it.

Never had a need to contact the author for anything other than once when I email him about support on Nov 30, 2005 for Firefox 1.5 (support for Firefox 1.0 was existing) and got a reply on Dec 16 2005, telling me that support for Firefox was ready at
http://www.kaylon.com/beta/index.html

After that email initial reply, response was quick for my next couple of queries in which he told me that he was working on a cross platform version.

I have had no need to contact him since then since the current version works flawlessly with Firefox 2.0.0.3 as well as IE7.

Frankly, I rather have a product/software that works so well, we have no need to communicate with the author than one that is really buggy and we get quick responses from the author. Powermarks is one of the 1st software that I install if I have to do a re-installation of my laptop. No bugs, no crashes, really instantaneous search and I really do tax the full power of Powermarks. In fact, I would kind of feel a bit helpless without it. Besides, how much support can I expect for US$24.95 which I paid maybe like 8 or 9 years ago

And if Link Commander is really good, then lack of support is not necessarily bad since you may not need to contact the author at all.

Better a fire chief that prevents fires (and can fight fires) than one who is good at fighting fire and is constantly fighting fires.

KenR:
I understand your cautionary tale.
But then again, Link Commander is not necessarily like Powermarks...
-patteo (April 08, 2007, 02:51 AM)
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My warning ONLY applied to Link Commander.

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